Dana White credits Eddie Hearn for staging Fury Joshua fight in UK
UFC president Dana White credited promoter Eddie Hearn for ensuring the Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight takes place in Cardiff after resisting attempts to hold it elsewhere.
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Promoter Dana White credited rival promoter Eddie Hearn for keeping the heavyweight boxing match between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in the United Kingdom, BBC Sport and Yahoo Sports reported. The event will be held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, despite efforts by White and Saudi Arabian organisers to stage the bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. Hearn and Joshua insisted on enforcing their contractual right to host the fight in the UK. [1][2]
BBC Sport reported that White expressed that he was bored of the ongoing feud between himself and Hearn. The fight card begins on 11 December, with Fury and Joshua expected to enter the ring in the early hours of 12 December. Fury held multiple world heavyweight championships, including the WBC title from 2020 to 2024. [1][6]
According to Yahoo Sports, tickets for the bout went on sale on Friday, 9 October at 12:00 PM BST via Ticketmaster. Tickets priced at up to 13,000 pounds sold out within one hour. Yahoo Sports also reported that Fury stated he wants White involved in the event. [2]
In short
- Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will fight at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on a bill starting 11 December.
- Dana White and Saudi Arabian organisers attempted to move the bout to Madison Square Garden in New York.
- Tickets for the event priced up to 13,000 pounds sold out within one hour on 9 October.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]'Bored' White credits Hearn for Fury-Joshua being in UKBBC Sport Front Page, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]'Bored' White credits Hearn for Fury-Joshua being in UKYahoo Sports Top, 2h ago
- [3]'Bored' White credits Hearn for Fury-Joshua being in UKBBC, 2h ago
Background
- [4]Russula albidula on Wikipedia
- [5]Barry Hearn on Wikipedia
- [6]Tyson Fury on Wikipedia
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 6 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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